Attachment for bells



E. J. TEKULVE.

ATTACHMENT FOR BELLS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16, 1920- Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

217. fifH/W "ATTACHMENT FOR BELLS.

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Tamil whom it may] concern:

Be it known that I,'ED\VARD J. TnKUnvE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Bells, of which the'r'ollowing'is a specification, reference being had to the ac companying drawings. v

This inventlon'relatesto bells and par ticularly to an attachment for bells such as used by churches, schools, factories, etc

in objectoiiv the invention is to providean attachment for a conventional form of hell whereby the bell 1s rung during the 111- terval' of silence caused by the travel of the:

clapper of the bell from one side to the other or movement of the bell from on side to'the other of the clapper. V p j Another object is to provide an attachment of this character including one or more auxiliary clappers disposed exterior-1y of the bell and adapted to alternate witheach other and the conventional form of clapper of the bell, to ring the bell according to the direction in which the bell is moving'and inthis way produce only a slight intervalbe tween each stroke of the .clappers so that the lost movement of the bell is utilized to operate the auxiliaryclappers.

A still further ob ect of the invention is" to provide an attachment of'this character including a pair of auxiliary clappers disposed exteriorly of. the bell, said clappers:

being normally licldin spaced relation to the exterior surface of thebell so as to prevent interference with the vibration of the bell after the same is struck byv the clapper.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character including a support carried by the bell and movable therewith, said support'being provlded with a plurality of movable clapper-s adapted to engage the bell when the bell is moved 111 the direction of the clapper.

With the above and other objects 1n view, the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of'parts to be hereinafter more particularly described,

fully claimed and .illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which conventional form of bell in the interior of Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t 22, 19g1 Application filed October 16, 1920. Serial No. 417,321.

' which a conventional form of clapper 6 is the oscillating stub shafts 8 adapted to engage the hearings in theturret, not shown.

- In order to sound the bell during intervals of sound caused by movement of the clapper -6 from one side to the other, I provide a novel attachment omprislng a support 9 which is secured to the top of the hell betweenthe yoke and bell. The end-portions '10 and 1.1 of the support 9 are extended downwardly and outwardly in spacedrelation to ,the exterior surface of the bell and in diametricallyspaced relation to each other. Each end portion is provided with a pair of arms 12 which projectfromthe exterior surface of said end portions and are adapted to-re'ceive one end of a clapper 13,

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the clapper being pivoted between. the ears by means ofa pintle 14:. This'clapper is intended to move freely between the ears through force'of gravity. The shank 14 of the clapper extends below the extremity of the end portion to which it is connected and is provided with a hammer head 15, said* head being disposed adjacent the lower edge of the bell. i

during the ringing of the same, and at the same time to permit the clapper to readily strlkethe hell, I provide a novel'leaf spring 16,'the end 18' being semi-circular in cross section. I The end 17' and central portion of I the. spring is flat so as to permit the spring face of the bell. The end 18 of the spring is normally engaged with a portion of the head 1'5 so as to hold said head in spaced relation to the bell. At the same time the weight of the clapper is such as to-overcome the resistance of the spring upon movement of the bell in the direction of the clapper so as to permit the head 15 to strike the bell.

In the operation of the device, the bell is operated in the usual manner to cause the clapper 6 to strike the interior surface of the bell and sound the same. During the interval of silence caused by travel of the clapper from one side of the bell to the spring after sounding the bell.

other, one of the clappers 13 is caused to strike the edge of the bell through the force of gravity and sound the same, said clapper being returned to its normal position by the Upon the return movement of the bell, that is, toward the opposite side of the turret'or tower, the

I opposite clapper 13 is causedto strike the edge of the bell and sound the same. It is of course obvious that none of the clappers strike the bell simultaneously, each clapper alternating so that the bell is practically sounded continuously with the exception of a small interval to permit the bell to adjust itself and prevent striking of two of the clalppers at once.

* romthe foregoing it will be readily seen that this invention provides a novel attachf ment capable of being applied to any concarried by the support for normally urging the auxiliary clappers away from the outer surface of the bell, said auxiliary clappers being operable independently of: the main clapper. Y

2. The combination with a bell having a clapper mounted interiorly thereof, .of a

support carried by and disposed exteriorly of the' bell, auxiliary clappers movably mounted on the support, each of said clap persbeing adapted to alternately strike the bell upon oscillating movement of the bell. 3. A device 'of the character described comprising a bell, a support carried by and projecting beyond the outer sides of the bell, clappers pivoted to the support, and means for holding said clappers in spaced relation to the exterior surface of the bell.

4. A device of the character described comprising a bell, a support carried by and projecting beyond the outer. sides of the bell, clappers pivoted to the support, and springs carried by the support and normally engaged with one end portion of the clappers to permit vibration of the bell, the

pro ecting portions of the support coacting.

with the springs to normally hold the clappers in spaced relationtothe bell. I

5. An attachment for bells comprising a support adapted to be secured to the upper portion of the bell, the'end portions of the support extending overv the outer sides of the bell, a clapper. pivoted at one end to each end portion of the support, a spring secured at one end to each end portion of the support, one end of each spring being adapted to engage one end of each of the clappers to normally hold said end of the clapper in spaced relation to the bell.

6. An attachment for bells comprising a support adapted to be secured to the upper portion of the bell, the end portions of the support extending over the outer sides of the bell, a clapper pivoted at one end to each end portion of the support, a spring secured at one end to each end portion of the support, one end of each spring being'adapted to engage one end of each of the clappers to normally hold said end ofthe clap.- 7

per in spaced relation to the bell, said clap signature.

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